"womens-health" Articles & Blogs:
Some good news about women and health care (for a change)
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The Women's Health Amendment was passed by the Senate yesterday with a vote of 61-39. Woot!
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) proposed this amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will require all health care plans to cover women's...[Read on] |
2009 Women's Health Heroes.
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Go check out Our Bodies Ourselves 2009 Women's Health Heroes. It is an amazing group of women's health advocates. From the blog,
The 20 outstanding individuals and organizations inducted in May 2009 have made significant, long-lasting contributions to ...[Read on] |
Wesleyan women’s rights activist shot and killed
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Johanna Justin-Jinich, a Wesleyan student, was shot and killed yesterday by Stephen Morgan, a man who had been harassing and possibly stalking her. He walked into the bookstore where she worked and shot her. He has not yet been apprehended, and may be ta...[Read on] |
Our Bodies Our Health Heroes
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You may have already seen information about the Our Bodies Our Health Heroes Contest, but I thought that it was great enough to post again for those who haven’t seen it yet, or for those who have a hero but need that extra reminder to submit (god kn...[Read on] |
National Women’s History Museum bill moves to the Senate
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This is pretty cool. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill (HR 1700) that would set the stage for a National Women’s History Museum to be built on the National Mall. It now moves to the Senate. The House passed HR 1700 on a v...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: Grading the White House on Women's Issues
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Our girl Samhita is quoted in this recent Forbes piece about the White House and Women's Issues.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, 32, executive editor of feministing.com, believes female support is slipping. "Using reproductive rights as a bargaining chip was a bi...[Read on] |
Tell Your Members of Congress We Need Real Health Care Reform
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by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center
Have you seen them yet? Opponents of real reform are mobilizing and stepping up their efforts to block comprehensive health care reform. They're also presen...[Read on] |
Does the cost of health care affect the frequency of your visits to the doctor?
| Yes! It's expensive, so I don't go often
No! I'll take care of my health at any cost
Other (tell us below)
Poll | Today 1:00 amArray
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Ladies first – Women’s Health Amendment Vote Coming Soon
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by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center
You know what they say — ladies first.
The Senate has finally begun debating the historic health care reform bill. The first amendment offered is the Women...[Read on] |
Recession, health care, and roller derby
| I was just talking to a friend the other day about how roller derby is such a hot topic in sport studies because it's a great venue for examining gender roles, subversion, aggression, alternative sport, sexuality, and a host of other things.And of course ...[Read on] |
Nominate your Women's Health Hero
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From Our Bodies, Ourselves:
When you hear the words "Women's Health Hero," who comes to mind? Your 9th grade health teacher who taught you about sexually transmitted infections? The midwife who sat with you through 15 hours of labor? The young Nigerian...[Read on] |
What Women Want: Equal Benefits for Equal Premiums
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by Candace Webb, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center
The “What Women Want: Equal Benefits for Equal Premiums” hearing convened by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday largely focused on the twin ...[Read on] |
Part II: Clarifying the Myth About Exercise
| If you didn’t read the TIME magazine cover article which stated that exercise is basically a waste of time and doesn’t help people lose weight, my blog critique of the article, or the very insightful comments of blog readers (particularly Jenny Ev...[Read on] |
Can Heather Graham Sell the Public Option?
| A new TV ad produced by MoveOn.com and starring Heather Graham seeks to make the case for the public option as a critical—and widely supported—component of health-care reform using a somewhat silly track-and-field conceit. “What does Hea...[Read on] |
White House health summit: Women left out in the cold
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Ladies, you didn’t want an equal voice in health care reform, right? Good - because holding 17% of Congress won’t do it for you, and being only 10.5% of today’s special health...
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Health Care Reform Has a Woman's Face
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by Jenifer Rajkumar, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
With the misinformation spread about health care reform throughout the summer and the Senate Finance Committee about to release a bill as early as tomorrow, it’s more important than ever at ...[Read on] |
Her Ovaries, His Cigarettes: Which Costs More in the Individual Health Insurance Market?
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
For most of their lives, women are charged more than men for health plans in the individual insurance market. This is a consequence of “gender rating,” the common insurance industry pr...[Read on] |
Getting urban girls into the game: Dance first?
| By Lauren Taylor
It is the quiet story behind the high-profile victories of women’s athletics: After thirty years of Title IX, after the superstardom of Mia Hamm, Michelle Wie, and Venus Williams, even after the advocacy of groups like the Women’s ...[Read on] |
Women's 2009 Books Enjoyed a Banner Year
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female writers in all genres and at all levels--from blockbusters to thought stirrers--have won a generous portion of this year's critical acclaim, sweeping up a large percentage of the major prizes and, partially thanks to a spate of new f...[Read on] |
History Is on Women's Side in the Workplace
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(WOMENSENEWS)--A flurry of February headlines announced, just in time for Women's History Month, that for the first time women outnumber men on the nation's payrolls.
Second-paragraph perspective pointed out that is mainly because of the depleted employe...[Read on] |
Q & A with Girls in the Game
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Girls in the Game is a leading girls' health and fitness organization in Chicago that provides and promotes sports & fitness opportunities, nutrition & health education, and leadership development to enhance the overall health an...[Read on] |
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